CD-adapco signed a multi-year agreement with AREVA to deploy STAR-CCM+

NEW YORK and LONDON, Nov. 7, 2012 — (PRNewswire) — �CD-adapco, an independent worldwide software leader, signed a multi-year agreement with the leading global nuclear supplier, AREVA, to deploy STAR-CCM+.

Nicolas Goreaud, Head of the AREVA Reactor CFD simulation team in Lyon said, "CFD technologies play a fundamental role in the design and development of nuclear reactor. The ability to simulate the behavior and performance of our designs quickly and accurately is key for safety and improved durability of reactor design.

"We are pleased to continue our relationship with CD-adapco, an acknowledged leader in this field, as we work towards our next generation designs."

"AREVA's success is built around safety, performance and reliability of Designs; and CD-adapco is proud to be a part of that team," said Bill Clark, CD-adapco's VP Operations. "We have been recognized in the past years as the leading tool in the nuclear industry and are happy to continue demonstrating this by collaborating with industry partners like AREVA."

The agreement has been set-up to enable all AREVA engineering sites worldwide to get access to CD-adapco technologies.

This new agreement combines the expertise and experience from both companies to enable state of the art technologies like STAR-CCM+ to spread within AREVA.